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The Spice Routes Before Europe: How Asia Dominated Global Trade
In this episode, Lucas and Luna trace the forgotten history of the Spice Routes before European intervention. They explore how Asian empires—from the Srivijaya thalassocracy in Sumatra to the Majapahit in Java, and the Tamil Chola dynasty—controlled the flow of cloves, nutmeg, and pepper for over a thousand years. Key figures like the Chinese admiral Zheng He and the Indian merchant guilds known as the Ayyavole are discussed, along with the pivotal Battle of Bubat (1357) that reshaped Javanese politics. The episode also examines the controversial claim that Arab traders kept the sources of…
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